Messaging appartus and method
AssigneeWaterfall Mobile, Inc.
InventorMatthew Silk
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described which are used to facilitate the retrieval of content associated with keywords. A message platform is provided where users may register keywords and generate content corresponding to the keywords. The content associated with a keyword may subsequently be retrieved remotely by sending the keyword via a communication device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, an IM client, or the Internet. Advantages of the invention include the provision of a centralized platform from which content may be remotely accessible using a variety of communication venues.
Claims31
A system for providing user-generated content to communication devices, the system comprising:
- a message platform, wherein the message platform being capable of receiving user-generated content from a remote source and associating the user-generated content with a keyword;
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- a publishing module, wherein the publishing module being capable of receiving the keyword from a first communication device and providing the user-generated content to a second communication device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a unique keyword from a first remote source;
- retrieving user-generated content associated with the unique keyword;
- and
- providing the user-generated content to a second remote source in response to receiving the keyword.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a keyword request;
- and
- determining whether the requested keyword is available,
- if the keyword is not available, providing one or more alternatives,
- if the keyword is available, initiating keyword registration.
A system, comprising:
- means for receiving a unique keyword from a first remote source;
- means for retrieving user-generated content associated with the keyword;
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- means for providing the user-generated content to a second remote source in response to receiving the keyword.
A computer-implemented business method for monetizing the provision of content to a user of a communication device, the method involving a content author associating specific content with keywords, the computer-implemented method comprising the improvement of providing the user of the communication device the specific content in response to the user of the communication device requesting the specific content through the keyword associated to the specific content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.